Location: | Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.61472, -74.61515 |
dep_id: | 10081861 |
mrds_id: | W044251 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite |
gangue: | Bornite, Chalcocite |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
Reporter: | Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) |
hrock_unit: | Brunswick |
hrock_type: | Shale |
arock_type: | Basalt |
tectonic: | Newark Rift Basin |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1776 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1909 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1754 |
References: |
- WOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, NEW JERSEY, BULL. 5
|